Oharano, Kyoto

Lying south-west of the old city of Kyoto and on the slopes of Mount
Oshio, Oharano is the scene of an imperial procession and a hunt in the
Royal Outing chapter of The Tale of Genji.

Oharano Shrine.

When the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784, the Fujiwara clan
invited their tutelary god to move to a new shrine at Oharano. The god
accepted and entered the capital riding on the back of a deer.